Tank NUked by storm

[kgood1]

So sorry to hear about your loss Mike...............@#$!!!!!!!

[Sir Patrick]

When you are ready for a few sps peices- let me know. I got a few for you.

[pjr]

I think it was the size of the fish and potentially the bacterial load that accelerated the process....

Do you think probiotics had any factor in such a quick degradation of the oxygen?

[Mike]

PAt,

It is hard to say that it would not have done the same thing wihout it. I had some pretty large fish that likely consumed a lot of oxygen as well. I still plan on running my system on a bacterial driven method.

I blame myself for being so foolish as to not have had a stand by generator installed. I have been on the fence for a few years and thought how many other things I could get with the roughly 3500.00 one would cost. That power outage cost me that and then some. I am literally sick about it (not so much the cost) but losing my fish. Some people think it is silly to get attached to something like a fish but I really loved mine.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

So sorry to hear about your losses. I'm not an SPS guy but I'd gladly share anything else I have that you're interested in.

Tom

[Hopkins]

That sucks! Sorry to hear about your tank, Mike.

[Mike]

I will be going back down tonight to get the little bit of sand and water that is left. Scrape the coralline clean and buff out a few scratches. I guess the good news (if there is any) is I can hang the LED's now pretty easily now where I want them. I also think the closed loop is coming off for now too. I have the Tunze's and that Vortech on the way. Those are way less expensive to operate and will be less of a load on the generator. The vortech has he Battery back-up coming with it.

[180wall]

Mike that is horrible.

I've never had a tank melt down that fast. I hope I never do.

[taziam10797]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your fish. That would be a hard one to take. Glad to hear you are starting over.

[Mike]

I just finished the vinegar and water wash down to deodorize and take care of the any latent bacteria / decayng matter. Next is the fun task of coralline scraping. I will be buffing it out this week and hopefully have the rock work back in by the weekend. NOthing living is going in until after my generator is installed though.